System and method for creating a customer account
In an electronic auction, bids may be received from each of a plurality of bidders for a plurality of commodities for online distribution, wherein each bid includes a price and information used to identify an appropriate commodity to which to apply the bid. Then a process is performed for each bid. This process includes: validating bid information from the bid, the validating occurring after a customer record has been created for a bidder corresponding to the bid, then based on a successful validation of the bid, entering the bid for the item in a bid database, then awarding one or more commodities from the plurality of commodities to each of a plurality of successful bidders of the plurality of bidders at different item prices based on the prices in the bid information for each of the plurality of successful bidders.
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This application is a continuation of pending U.S. application Ser. No. 11/963,130, filed Dec. 21, 2007, which application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/316,326, filed Dec. 10, 2002, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/706,849, filed Nov. 7, 2000, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/624,259 filed Mar. 29, 1996, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,243,691, which applications are incorporated herein by reference.
This application is related to copending U.S. application Ser. No. 10/316,296, entitled “Method and System for Offering an Item for Sale Using a User-Selectable Bid Iindicia”, filed Dec. 10, 2002; U.S. application Ser. No. 10/316,292, entitled “Method and System for Automatically Adjusting a Posted Selling Price”, filed Dec. 10, 2002; U.S. application Ser. No. 10/316,325, entitled “Method and System for Performing a Bid Quantity Adjustment”, filed Dec. 10, 2002; U.S. application Ser. No. 10/318,676, entitled “Method and System for Performing a Buy or Bid Auction”, filed Dec. 13, 2002; U.S. application Ser. No. 10/319,868, entitled “Method and System for Providing Status Updates”, filed Dec. 13, 2002; U.S. application Ser. No. 10/319,869, entitled “Method and System for Adjusting a Close Time of an Auction”, filed Dec. 13, 2002; U.S. application Ser. No. 10/316,324, entitled “Method and System for Performing a Progressive Auction”, filed Dec. 10, 2002; U.S. application Ser. No. 10/316,297, entitled “Method and System for Performing Proxy Bidding”, filed Dec. 10, 2002; U.S. application Ser. No. 10/316,298, entitled “Method and System for Providing Simultaneous On-Line Auctions”, filed Dec. 10, 2002; and U.S. application Ser. No. 10/316,293, entitled “Method and System for Updating Information On a Merchandise Catalog Page”, filed Dec. 10, 2002, each commonly assigned with the present invention and incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to electronic commerce and more particularly to conducting an interactive auction over an electronic network.
2. Background of the Invention
Auctions usually take the form of a physical gathering of bidders assembled together within an auction house. Interested bidders simply appear at the appointed time and place and bid on merchandise in which they are interested.
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like references include similar elements and in which:
A system and method for creating a customer account are disclosed. In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be evident, however, to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details.
An exemplary system includes a database for maintaining descriptions of the merchandise for auction, the bids, and other relevant information in a commercially available database system. Database searches may be performed periodically to check for new items to be made visible to potential bidders. Such periodic searching allows an individual charged with maintaining this system to load relevant information into the database at his or her leisure. Once the database is loaded with information about the item and the item is scheduled for presentation to potential bidders, the system takes the merchandise information and creates a human readable catalog page for a viewing over a public network such as the Internet's World Wide Web. Bidders are then able to view the new item for auction and to place their bids. These catalog pages preferably contain the current high bid, bid increment, quantity available, merchandise description, and picture of the item.
Upon accessing a public network and seeing an item's catalog page, the bidder may press a button on the catalog page or take some similar action which causes a bid form to be displayed on the screen. The bidder then enters the information necessary to place a bid, such as their name and address, bid amount, payment information, etc., and then presses a bid submission button, or takes a similar action which sends the bid to the system.
The system receives the electronic bid information and places it in the bid database. Because this new bid will, in general, be a bid for a higher amount than was last bid by another party, the system will regenerate the item's catalog page. This updated catalog page will then show the new high bid to any prospective bidders who later access that catalog page.
Because most bidders will not, in general, be accessing the network and viewing the merchandise catalog pages as they are updated with new high bids, the system may send electronic mail notifications to bidders who have been outbid by the just-placed bid. These electronic mail notification messages may contain the relevant merchandise information, the current high bid, the bid increment, etc., and encourage the bidder to submit a new and higher bid to outbid the current high bidder. These electronic mail notification messages allow the bidder to enter a new bid by replying to the electronic mail message and sending it back to the system.
Upon receiving a new or revised bid via electronic mail, the system follows the same set of actions as when the bidder places a bid using the electronic bid form when viewing a merchandise catalog page, namely, the system extracts the relevant bid information from the electronic mail message, deposits this information in the bid database, and then updates the merchandise catalog page as appropriate. Such an electronic mail message bid may further cause a new round of electronic mail notifications to go out to the recently outbid bidders.
This process may continue until the system detects that the item is scheduled to be closed for further bidding or another closing trigger is detected. At this point, the system closes the auction by updating the merchandise catalog page with the final winning bid information and by sending electronic mail notifications to both the winning bidder or bidders and the losing bidder or bidders,
The exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic auction method and system for presenting merchandise for sale at auction to customers over an electronic network, such as the Internet's World Wide Web. Potential customers are presented with a series of descriptive merchandise catalog pages through which they may navigate to find items (lots) of interest. Upon finding a lot of interest, customers may click a button on screen to display a form for placing a bid on the lot. After submitting this bid, the electronic auction system records the bid and updates the lot's merchandise catalog page to show the current high bid or bids and to whom such bids are attributable. When the auction is closed, after a period of no bidding activity, at a predetermined time, or when a desired sales volume is reached, the electronic auction system notifies the winning and losing bidders by electronic mail and posts a list of the winning bidders on the closed lot's merchandise catalog page.
The exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a computer program 248 running on a central server host computer 250, shown in
By pressing bid button 1 in
Auction manager 26 may frequently query the bid database 31 to see if any new bids have been placed. If new bids are found during the query, then auction manager 26 calculates the current high bidder or bidders and instructs merchandise catalog page generator 25 to regenerate a catalog page with the updated bid information.
Auction manager 26 is also responsible for opening and closing auctions. This entails making merchandise lots available for bidding by customers and disabling their associated buy or bid features on the merchandise pages that have been posted to potential bidders but have closed. When auction manager 26 determines that a new lot should be opened for bidding or an available lot should be closed, it instructs merchandise catalog page generator 25 to create or update the merchandise catalog pages for the appropriate lots.
Electronic mail messenger 27 frequently queries bid database 31 for bids recently marked by auction manager 26 as having been outbid or as having won an item in a recently closed auction. If such bids are found, the electronic mail messenger 27 formats an appropriate electronic mail notification message 24 and sends this message to the customer. Many customers read their electronic mail throughout the day, making this a convenient mechanism for keeping them informed about the status of merchandise on which they are actively bidding. Bidders may reply to an electronic mail notification message 24 informing them that they have been outbid by including an increased bid amount in the reply message. An electronic mail bid 22 sent in reply to the notification is received by the electronic auction system and processed by bid validator 21 as described above.
The bid manager then checks 67 to see if there are any active proxy bids marked as unsuccessful. A proxy bid is a special bid type that allows auction manager 26 to automatically bid on the bidder's behalf up to a limited amount established by the bidder when his or her initial bid is placed. The auction manager will increase the bid as necessary up to the limit amount. This feature allows the customer to get the lowest possible price without exceeding a limit preferably established when the bid is entered. If there are active proxy bids marked as unsuccessful, then the bid manager increments 69 the proxy bids by a preset bid increment. This procedure of sorting 65 marking 66 bids and incrementing 69 the proxy bids as required continues until either there are no additional proxy bids marked as unsuccessful or the proxy limits have been reached on the proxy bids. At this point, bid database 31 is updated 68 with the marked bids. This process is then repeated for each merchandise lot open at the current time for bidding by customers.
Various components of the electronic auction system can communicate between themselves in a variety of ways. In an exemplary embodiment, bid validator 21, auction manager 26, and electronic mail messenger 27 communicate by adding, marking, and updating records in the various databases. Each of these components periodically checks at least one of the databases to see if anything relevant to their respective functions has changed and take action accordingly. However, the components could send direct messages between themselves or call each other by means of program subroutines to signal important events that would require one or the other component to update its state.
A variety of different auction formats may be implemented using the basic technique described above. The simplest is the “Standard Auction” format, whereby the electronic auction system awards the merchandise to the top bidder or bidders in accordance with their bids once bidding has stopped. Using this format, if there is a plurality of a specific item, the system awards the merchandise to the top bidders. Bidders may bid on more than one unit, and different successful bidders will, in general, pay different prices for an item.
The exemplary electronic auction system of the present invention also provides a “Dutch Auction” format, wherein the electronic auction system awards the merchandise to all of the top bidders for whom there is available inventory at the price bid by the lowest successful bidder. This format may be preferred by customers for being the most fair when a plurality of a specific item is being auctioned. As with all bidding, there will be a range of bids submitted. In the Dutch Auction format, the highest bidders are awarded the merchandise but at the same price for all successful bidders, the price bid by the lowest successful bidder.
The exemplary electronic auction system may also include a “Progressive Auction” format, wherein the electronic auction system awards the merchandise to the top bidders based on price bid. As with the Dutch Auction format, the highest price bids are awarded the merchandise up to the quantity available of the item being auctioned. However, unlike the Dutch Auction format, the system awards the merchandise to the successful bidders at different prices depending on the quantity bid. In the exemplary embodiment, a successful bidder for a single unit of an item is awarded the item at the price of the lowest successful bid for a single unit of the item. A successful bidder for a higher quantity of the same item is awarded the item at the price of the lowest successful bid at that quantity or any lower quantity. For example, a successful bidder for a quantity of five would pay the lowest price for any successful bid for quantity one through five of the item. The price paid for a given quantity is termed the “MinWin” price for that quantity. The Progressive Auction format ensures that successful bidders for a quantity of an item pay the lowest price paid by any other successful bidder at that quantity level or below. Use of this format leads to lower prices for those who successfully bid on larger quantities of an item, provides an impetus for volume buying, and therefore leads to greater sales volume.
The exemplary electronic auction system may also include a “Buy Or Bid” format wherein the electronic auction system awards merchandise to bidders who place bids at or above a posted selling price. The item remains for sale until the available quantity is purchased. Bids that are below the posted selling price are maintained in reserve by the system. If a certain sales volume is not achieved in a specified period of time, the electronic auction system automatically reduces the price by a predetermined amount or a predetermined percentage of the price and updates the merchandise catalog page accordingly. The lower price may be at or below some of the bids already in the bid database. If such bids are present, they are then converted to orders and the quantity available is reduced accordingly. Similarly, if a certain sales volume is exceeded in a specified period of time, the electronic auction system automatically increases the price by a set amount or by a set percentage of the price and updates the merchandise page accordingly. These automatic price changes allow the seller to respond quickly to market conditions while keeping the price of the merchandise as high as possible to the sellers benefit.
The exemplary electronic auction system also includes a “markdown” feature, wherein the electronic auction system awards merchandise to buyers who place orders at the currently posted selling price. The item remains on sale until the available quantity is purchased. If a certain sales volume is not achieved in a specified period of time, the electronic auction system automatically reduces the price by a set amount or a set percentage and updates the merchandise catalog page accordingly. This lower price encourages buyers to take advantage of the new price. If a certain sales volume is exceeded in a specified period of time, the electronic auction system automatically increases the price by a set amount or a set percentage and updates the merchandise page accordingly. These automatic price changes allow the system to respond to market conditions while keeping the prices of the merchandise as high as possible to the seller's benefit.
The exemplary electronic auction system may include a “Proxy Bidding” feature that may be applied to any of the auction formats described above.
A variety of different auction formats may be implemented in addition to those described above. The exemplary electronic auction system may, for example, also employ a “Floating Closing Time” feature whereby the auction for a particular item is automatically closed if no new bids are received within a predetermined time interval. This feature would typically be implemented in a manner similar to that used to close auctions of old items, as shown at step 53 in
Thus, a method and system for validating a bid are disclosed. A general description of the present invention as well as an exemplary embodiment of the present invention has been set forth above. Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will recognize and be able to practice additional variations in the methods and system described which fall within the teachings of this invention. For example, although the exemplary embodiment of the present invention chooses winning bids according to monetary amount included in the bid, preference for bids may also be determined according to time of submission, quantity of merchandise bid for, total bid value, or some other combination of these characteristics. Accordingly, all such modifications and additions are deemed to be within the scope of the invention which is to be limited only by the claims appended hereto.
Claims
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a bid from each of a plurality of bidders for a plurality of items in an electronic auction, each bid containing bid information including bid price and quantity
- for each bid: determining, by a processor, an existence of a customer record for a customer in a customer database using the bid information; based on a determination that the customer record does not exist for the customer, creating a new customer record as part of the validating of the bid; and placing the created new customer record in the customer database; validating the bid information of the bid to ensure that bid requirements are satisfied, the validating of the bid information occurring after the customer record is created and placed in the customer database; and based on a successful validation of the bid, entering the bid for the item in a bid database; and
- awarding one or more items from the plurality of items to each of a plurality of successful bidders of the plurality of bidders at different item prices based on the bid prices in the bid information by each of the plurality of successful bidders.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein each bid further contains an indication of an upper limit of a number of instances of the item of the one or more items.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the awarding is also based on the upper limit specified in each bid.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the bids is received via a web-based bid form and at least one of the bids is received via electronic mail.
5. A method comprising:
- receiving bids from each of a plurality of bidders for a plurality of commodities for online distribution, wherein each bid includes a price and information used to identify an appropriate commodity to which to apply the bid; for each bid:
- validating, via a processor, bid information from the bid, the validating occurring after a customer record has been created for a bidder corresponding to the bid;
- based on a successful validation of the bid, entering the bid for the item in a bid database;
- awarding one or more commodities from the plurality of commodities to each of a plurality of successful bidders of the plurality of bidders at different item prices based on the prices in the bid information for each of the plurality of successful bidders.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the price is a price the corresponding bidder is willing to pay for one instance of the commodity.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein each bid further contains an indication of an upper limit for a number of instances of a commodity.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the awarding is also based on the upper limit specified in each bid.
9. The method of claim 5, wherein at least one of the bids is received via a web-based bid form.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the web-based bid form includes an area where a bidder can specify the information used to identify an appropriate commodity to which to apply the bid.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform the operations of:
- receiving a bid from each of a plurality of bidders for a plurality of items in an electronic auction, each bid containing bid information including bid price and quantity
- for each bid: determining, by a processor, an existence of a customer record for a customer in a customer database using the bid information; based on a determination that the customer record does not exist for the customer, creating a new customer record as part of the validating of the bid; and placing the created new customer record in the customer database; validating the bid information of the bid to ensure that bid requirements are satisfied, the validating of the bid information occurring after the customer record is created and placed in the customer database; and based on a successful validation of the bid, entering the bid for the item in a bid database; and
- awarding one or more items from the plurality of items to each of a plurality of successful bidders of the plurality of bidders at different item prices based on the bid prices in the bid information by each of the plurality of successful bidders.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein each bid further contains an indication of an upper limit for a number of instances of a item that the bidder is willing to purchase.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the awarding is also based on the upper limit specified in each bid.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein at least one of the bids is received via a web-based bid form and at least one of the bids is received via electronic mail.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by one or more machines to perform operations comprising:
- receiving bids from each of a plurality of bidders for a plurality of commodities for online distribution, wherein each bid includes a price and information used to identify an appropriate commodity to which to apply the bid; for each bid:
- validating bid information from the bid, the validating occurring after a customer record has been created for a bidder corresponding to the bid;
- based on a successful validation of the bid, entering the bid for the item in a bid database;
- awarding one or more commodities from the plurality of commodities to each of a plurality of successful bidders of the plurality of bidders at different item prices based on the prices in the bid information for each of the plurality of successful bidders.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the price is a price the corresponding bidder is willing to pay for one instance of the commodity.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein each bid further contains an indication of an upper limit for a number of instances of a commodity.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the awarding is also based on the upper limit specified in each bid.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein at least one of the bids is received via a web-based bid form.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the web-based bid form includes an area where a bidder can specify the information used to identify an appropriate commodity to which to apply the bid.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 11, 2012
Date of Patent: Mar 4, 2014
Patent Publication Number: 20130103531
Assignee: eBay, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Inventors: Alan S. Fisher (Pleasanton, CA), Samuel Jerrold Kaplan (Hillsborough, CA)
Primary Examiner: Olabode Akintola
Application Number: 13/711,025
International Classification: G06Q 40/00 (20120101);